Eight hundred and forty-second section Yan Yi's trouble (1)
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Chang'an is as prosperous as ever, but many changes have quietly taken place in the market.
Among the neighborhoods, many outsiders with unfamiliar accents appeared in many houses and houses.
Moreover, this situation is becoming more and more common every day.
So many people found that they suddenly had a new neighbor overnight.
Big businessmen from Guandong, waving gold and five-baht coins, bought real estate in Chang'an City.
Qi Li and the others couldn't squeeze in.
But Shangguanli and the land around it were speculated to the sky by these people.
But after all, these big dog owners are only a minority.
If a county has one or two such big dog owners, it is already very good.
How many counties are there in the whole world?
The large influx of middle class people from Guandong was what caught the people of Chang'an off guard.
These young people who come to Chang'an with the dream of taking part in the examination next year, or of becoming a high-ranking official and becoming a successful person, often start their journey with thousands or tens of thousands of money in their arms.
After arriving in Chang'an, they rented some relatively cheap and economical houses.
Some people even share apartments with others to reduce financial pressure.
"Yan Yi's statistics show that there are nearly 30,000 scholars from Guandong in Chang'an City now!" Ji An sat on the carriage, opened the curtain, and looked at the flow of people outside the window, feeling worried.
A group of thirty thousand scholars!
Moreover, the number of people is still increasing!
Hundreds or even thousands of scholars from Guandong enter Hangu Pass every day.
A few years ago, when the late emperor was on the throne, the total number of scholars from hundreds of schools in the world was probably only about 50,000.
But since taking office today, this number has snowballed and begun to expand infinitely.
First of all, today we encourage and reward private schools.
Schools all over the world, encouraged by the imperial court's policies, absorbed a large number of students.
In Yingchuan County Middle School alone, there are hundreds of schools.
Some academies only have three or five disciples, but those in famous universities often have hundreds of disciples.
The source of students has expanded, but their qualifications have become mixed.
In the past, scholars who dared to call themselves scholars had to at least concentrate on the guidance and teachings of their teachers. After studying hard for ten years, they dare not say that they fully understood what they had learned. At least they had to understand what their teachers taught them.
Dare to go out on study tours and talk with heroes from all over the world.
What about now?
A few guys who have been studying for two or three years and have just learned how to write and arithmetic, and have never even read the classics, dare to wear a sword, wear a crown of advancement, and call themselves scholars. We must put "the world as the priority"
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For a time, the gentlemen were sweeping the floor, and the scholars and scholars were in ruins.
In the past, a scholar who was respected by others and served as a model and example for the world.
Nowadays, at least in Chang'an, there is no big difference from ordinary people.
This is like the stars of later generations who have countless crazy fans.
But among those who deal with celebrities every day, few are star-chasing.
Worship, respect, or admiration are all things created by distance and one's own imagination, and are most easily broken and destroyed by reality.
"Should I talk to His Majesty..." Ji An thought in his mind.
Maintaining the status and special treatment of scholars is something that all schools of thought, regardless of faction, will do.
The butt determines the head!
But the current situation has become very subtle.
A bunch of children of emerging middle-class landowners and businessmen found a teacher near their home, studied for two or three years, and then rushed to Chang'an excitedly, clamoring to take the exam.
Thousands of troops and horses crossed the single-plank bridge together.
During this process, it often happened that the old master was beaten to death with random punches.
For example, in last year's examination, a certain scholar who had studied for three years and was a self-taught scholar made it to the third round.
But many scholars who have been studying for ten years or even since they were born have fallen into disgrace and died for the second time.
Can you say that the scholar who made it to the third round was not a scholar?
Believe it or not, if tens of thousands of "scholars" rioted together, Tumo Xingzi would drown you?
Moreover, for the sake of profit, teachers and scholars in those local academies will also join the ranks of protecting these people.
The reason for this phenomenon is also very clear to Ji An.
This is what is bound to happen with the examination system designed today.
The test questions mainly test common sense content, and even the most difficult test questions are mostly arithmetic.
In all the files, there is not a single question that tests some subtle meaning or explains "why the saint did what he did."
Even the classic questions involved are mostly fill-in-the-blank questions and dictation questions.
Who can't do this?
"How is the emperor's examination selecting talents for the country? It is clearly selecting swordsmen, pens, and officials!" Similar discussions have long been held in the public opinion circles.
However, due to the recent influx of more and more "scholars" in Chang'an City, it has even formed a phenomenon and has become the focus of public opinion.
Countless people cried out bitterly that we should raise the threshold of the examination, add understanding of the classics and the words and deeds of the sages, express and elaborate on the topics, so as to truly select the "pillars of the country".
Although Ji An felt that this did seem to make some sense.
But he couldn't support it.
Not only cannot we support it, we must stand up and oppose it!
The reason is simple.
Although he did not climb up through the examination, his capable officers and confidants all came from the examination.
If he dares to agree with these arguments, his subordinates will immediately rebel.
In the past four rounds of examinations, a total of more than 7,000 officials have contributed to the Han Dynasty.
Although the vast majority of these officials are just junior officials from a certain township, such as wall men or pavilion chiefs, who can barely be regarded as officials.
But they have formed an interest group that is scary enough.
Coming from the examination system, they will naturally protect this system.
What's even more frightening is that now, more than 60% of the grassroots officials in Guanzhong are already these scholars.
They have built a huge system from top to bottom.
He went up to the ministers who served the emperor, and went down to the countryside to manage and organize the people, and traveled around.
From the civilian officers in the army who serve as counselors and staff officers to generals, to the supervisors who hold rulers and guide workers in the workshops.
They have penetrated into every aspect and every system of the Han Empire.
Want to challenge them?
Unless we take action today, no one can deal with it.
Even today's prime minister may lose a tooth if he is not careful.
Thinking of this, Ji An sighed.
He knew that it would be useless whether he said it or not.
The general trend of the examination has been achieved and cannot be reversed without human effort.
Ji An couldn't help but sigh. Then, he lowered his head and looked at the memorial he was going to report to the emperor.
He is a minister, even though the outside world says, "Although he is not the ninth minister, he is actually the ninth minister."
But in fact, it is no different from all the ministerial orders of the Han Dynasty in the past.
He was a secretary who read memorials to the emperor and compiled documents.
If there is any authority, it is only because of the blessing of the emperor.
The carriage passed through the imperial road of Chang'an City and soon entered the palace grounds of Weiyang Palace.
After passing through the palace gate, Ji An got off at Simamen just like before.
Then, he saw Yan Yi, who had been transferred to the Nei Shi Yamen and served as the Nei Shi Cheng.
"Ji Shangshu!" Yan Yi saw Ji An, walked up to him, bowed his hands and said, "I've been waiting here for a long time, Shangshu!"
"Brother Ziqi (Yan Yibiao's nickname is Ziqi), what's the matter?" Ji An felt strange in his heart and asked.
"To be honest, Shangshu Ji, I am here to ask for help from Shangshu!" Yan Yi pulled Ji An and walked into Sima Gate. As he walked, he said: "Brother, you should know that your Majesty has appointed me as Shangshu Cheng to govern Mao.
Lingyi!"
Ji An nodded.
Last month, Yan Yi was given the additional responsibility of being the magistrate of Maolingyi.
This is a sign of reuse!
Historically, when the emperor of the Han Dynasty appointed ministers as his mausoleum, he was telling his ministers: I am going to promote this person, and you all have your eyes on him!
It's just that this is also a tricky job.
The so-called evil is full of evil, attached to Guo Jingshi!
In the Han family, what was more difficult to be the magistrate than the Chang'an magistrate was the county magistrate of the emperor's mausoleum.
Because the situation there is more complicated, and there are people from all walks of life.
And there are big dogs running all over the streets.
If you are not careful, you may catch a millionaire or a current relative.
Furthermore, in an emerging city, problems and situations always arise one after another.
Therefore, the Lingyi County Magistrate of the Han Emperor was often a touchstone.
If you have the ability and skill, go to Lingyi and give it a try!
And today's Maoling situation is more complicated and deeper than all previous emperor's tomb issues!
There, there is the Martial Garden, the Imperial Academy, and the Lingyan Pavilion.
The highest-level national university and the highest-level general training school of the Han family, plus a memorial hall for famous generals who have made great contributions since the rise of the Han Dynasty.
In these three places, even if a hair falls out, it is a big deal!
In the Han Dynasty, too many officials often lost their heads or committed suicide because of a little oversight.
By the same token, if something goes wrong over there in Maoling-eup.
Even if it was Yan Yi, he probably would have to commit suicide.
This is still second.
Wuyuan, Taixue and Lingyan Pavilion all have giants in charge and form their own systems. Generally, Maolingyi does not need to intervene to manage them.
The key is that the current population of Maoling-yi is astonishing.
Ji An remembered that when Yan Yi took over last month, the permanent population of Maolingyi had reached 17,000 households, nearly 80,000!
A city of 80,000 people is already worthy of the standard of Tongyi Dadu.
However, the construction of Maoling-eup took only three years, and the official immigration of people took only more than a year.
In other words, all supporting measures and public facilities in this city are lacking.
Nothing is missing there!
Food, cloth, ironware, daily necessities, and even money!
Not long ago, a wealthy businessman from Maolingyi came to Chang'an City and exchanged one thousand gold coins for ten million and five baht directly from the Shaofu Yamen.
Although, Ji An knew that this big dog was the trustee of today's arrangements, and he wanted to use such actions to establish the credibility of the five-baht coin and pave the way for the so-called gold standard in the future.
However, this also shows to some extent that Maolingyi is indeed short of money.
There is no local production, and the farmland outside the city only harvested for the first time this year.
Moreover, it is impossible for the land in Maeryeong-eup to feed the population of Maolyeong-eup.
Basically, most of the daily necessities and necessities in the entire Maoling-eup must be purchased from outside.
A city that was unable to be self-sufficient and had to rely on outsourcing for everything appeared in front of the eyes of the Han Dynasty monarchs and ministers.
In order to feed the 80,000 mouths in Maolingyi, the track operated by the Shi family has four hundred carriages running on the track day and night every day, transporting countless goods and materials from Kanto to Maolingyi.
As a result, the master's family made a lot of money, making countless people envious and jealous.
But it's still not enough!
Because, in addition to the permanent population, Maoling-eup also has a large influx of foreigners every day.
The emperor built a racecourse in Maolingyi.
Every five days, a horse race is held.
Originally, this was just a playground for noble playboys to kill time.
However, I don’t know when the Shaofu Yamen started selling so-called ‘horse racing tickets’ at the racecourse.
Because the gameplay is simple, and it seems fair and just, and the rate of return is also good. For the highest level of rewards, as long as you win, you can get a compensation amount equivalent to a thousand times the principal.
Although the chance of winning is really low.
But there are not no lucky ones.
Every ten days and a half, there will always be one or two super lucky people who make one hundred thousand dollars with one hundred dollars.
In addition, the Shaofu announced to the public that all the income from this horse racing would be used as military expenses and Mo Yuan's breastplate funds.
He immediately took the moral high ground.
The Shaofu ordered Liu She to simply say to those Qingliu who accused him of "bringing disaster to the country and the people": I use this to take it from the people and use it to the army.
The noble dandies and knight-errants have even more excuses to bet on horse racing: We are doing this for the cause of national defense and science and technology!
Therefore, this racecourse has only been open for less than a month.
It has already attracted the attention of rangers, merchants and nobles all over Guanzhong.
Every time when a race starts, there are huge crowds of people inside and outside the racecourse.
Shaofu Zong's mouth turned crooked with laughter.
They are already planning to open a few more racecourses in Chang'an and Maoling to make money.
But this pressure has also been dumped on Maolingyi.
With so many people gathered together, in order to prevent chaos, the number of troops stationed in Maoling has been increased from 3,000 to 7,000.
The number of government servants and official servants increased tenfold in half a year!
Moreover, the food, drink, and diarrhea of these people are all the responsibility of Maolingyi.
At its peak, Maoling's population may have reached as many as 200,000 or even more than 200,000!
It is not an easy task to make these uncles eat well, prevent the spread of diseases, and make drinking water safe!
Ji An could imagine how Yan Yi spent these days.
However, this is also a training position.
Those who can manage Maolingyi must have the ability to handle the affairs of a county, and may even have the qualifications and political achievements to advance to the rank of Sangong in the future.
"Brother Ziqi, what is going on?" After the two of them walked to a quite secluded attic, Ji An asked directly without leaving the circle.
"I dare not hide it from the Minister..." Yan Yi cupped his hands and said: "This time, I really ask the Minister to come with me to His Majesty and read the Shaofu's copy!"
"Young Master?" Ji An looked troubled when he heard this.
Today's Shaofu can be said to be the most popular department in the Jiuqing Yamen of the Han Dynasty.
The Shaofu Ling Liu She was also praised by the world because of the great victory in Wuzhou, which washed away the stain of being a sycophant in the past.
Want to deal with him? But it will be difficult!
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